The right to guard the imperial city was taken away, and even his own nephew was arrested, why didn't Wei Zhongxian show up?

But it turned out that he was gathering the core personnel of the eunuch party to discuss major matters in the secret room of the Dongchang Yamen in the outer palace of the imperial city, which was a major matter of the Zhujiu clan, so Wei Zhongxian strictly ordered no one to approach the secret room. He arranged ten large stalls dozens of paces away from the secret room, let them guard there, and supervise each other, but anyone who came close would be killed.

He thought that at most, he would only discuss for an hour, and in such a short time, no matter how much it was outside, he would not be able to turn the sky over, so he also specially explained to the head of the guards outside, and he was not allowed to disturb them in anything.

Those who can enter the secret room to discuss major matters are the core figures of the twenty eunuchs, namely the Five Tigers, the Five Biaos, and the Ten Dogs, of which the five Tigers are:

Cui Chengxiu, the secretary of the military department and the imperial envoy of the left capital (the title of the secretary of the military department has just been removed);

Ministry of Works, the right capital of the imperial history Wu Chunfu;

The left squire of the military department, the right deputy capital Yu Shi Tian Ji;

Ni Wenhuan, the director of the Taifu Temple;

The left deputy capital envoy Li Kuilong.

The five biaos are:

The Governor of the Five Armies, the Left Governor, and the Jinyi Guard commanded Tian Ergeng;

Sun Yunhe, the right governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies;

Jinyi Wei commanded Xu Xianchun;

Jin Yiwei and Cui Yingyuan;

Jin Yi Wei is Yang Huan.

The Ten Dogs are a group of important ministers of the imperial court headed by Zhou Yingqiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, so I will not elaborate on them here.

After everyone sat down on the left and right, Wei Zhongxian, who was in the main position, spoke: "The emperor let Sun Chengzong, the old dog, take the position of Chengxiu this time, and also named him the first assistant of the cabinet, what does it mean, everyone should tell us their opinions." ”

When everyone heard this, they all sat there silently, thinking one after another, but no one spoke.

Wei Zhongxian didn't have this patience, he said directly to Cui Chengxiu, the head of the Five Tigers: "Chengxiu is your job this time, you can talk about it first." ”

When Cui Chengxiu heard this, he had to guess: "I think the emperor is preparing for the crown prince's accession to the throne, after all, the prince is only five years old, if the military power is not held in his hands, I am afraid that few people will listen to what he says." ”

Wei Zhongxian also thought so, but he always felt that the emperor meant more than that, so he said to Tian Ergeng, the head of Wubiao: "Ergeng, what do you think?" ”

Tian Ergeng replied directly: "I'm afraid that the emperor wants to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, I guess he wants us to be honest in the future." ”

Wei Zhongxian nodded, this seemed to be not unreasonable, and he said to Zhou Yingqiu, the head of the ten dogs: "Yingqiu, your head is the best, do you think the emperor means this?" ”

Zhou Yingqiu hesitated when he heard this, but gritted his teeth and replied: "I think the emperor wants you to retreat bravely." ”

Wei Zhongxian was stunned when he heard this, frowned and asked, "Torrent retreat?" How do you say that? ”

Zhou Yingqiu explained: "The military department is our foundation, the emperor said that the revolution will be reformed, and also put our sworn enemy Sun Chengzong up, the meaning is obvious, those who know each other will quickly retreat by themselves, if they don't retreat, let Sun Chengzong clean us up." ”

Wei Zhongxian was a little unconvinced, he snorted: "Hmph, Sun Chengzong clean up us? Is he a decoration for the brocade clothes and the east factory under the command of the Sprinkle family? ”

Zhou Yingqiu shook his head and sighed: "Alas, we have only controlled less than 20,000 horses in Jinyiwei and Dongchang in total, and more than half of them have been transferred to various places to monitor. ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, his frightened face changed, and he said in a trembling voice: "Yes, how is this good." ”

Zhou Yingqiu replied in a gloomy voice: "In ancient times, there was 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes', and now the only way to do this is to make a fuss about the prince." “

Although Wei Zhongxian is illiterate, he has heard the allusion of 'coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes', he slapped him directly when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Yes, as long as we hold the prince in our hands, we can't do whatever we want." “

is worthy of being the brainchild of the eunuch party, the dog-headed military division, everyone gave a thumbs up and praised Zhou Yingqiu's clever plan.

Zhou Yingqiu bowed his hand and reminded again: "Without further ado, if Sun Chengzong is asked to transfer Tun Wei to the Beijing Division, we will have no chance at all." “

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he immediately stood up and said solemnly: "Ying Qiu is right, the Sprinkle family will go to the palace to make arrangements, and everyone will disperse." “

Everyone got up one after another, and the two people near the door hurriedly opened the door of the secret room, and everyone stood there respectfully waiting for Wei Zhongxian to go first.

Wei Zhongxian enjoyed this feeling of the stars holding the moon very much, he walked out of the door of the secret room with his hands behind his back, and walked out of the door of the secret room with his head held high, and before he took two steps, a brocade guard Qianhu ran up, knelt in front of him and said in fear: "Chitose Lord, it's not good, Jinyi Wei and Luo Yang led people to drive away all the guards of our imperial city, saying that they were ordered to take over the guards of the imperial city." He also took the opportunity to arrest Wei Liangqing and Lord Wei, saying that Lord Wei disobeyed the holy decree and contradicted the official! “

Wei Zhongxian was furious when he heard this, shook his hand and slapped the thousand households, and then pointed at his nose and scolded: "What are you eating, aren't there four thousand brocade guards and one thousand Dongchang fans everywhere in the imperial city, you won't do him together, he has three heads and six arms?" “

The thousand households received this slap and continued to say in fear: "Chitose Lord, I can't do it, he rushed in from the left gate of Chang'an with forty or fifty thousand brocade guards, and we only gathered more than 2,000 people there. “

Wei Zhongxian was so angry, he kicked over and yelled: "Are you an idiot for me? Where did Jingshi get the forty or fifty thousand brocade guards? “

The thousand households were afraid of hurting his feet, so they quickly fell to the ground, and then said aggrievedly: "There are no forty or fifty thousand, there are always twenty or thirty thousand, and the queue on Chang'an Street is several miles long." “

Wei Zhongxian was still waiting to step forward and kick him a few times, but Zhou Yingqiu hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded: "Chitose Lord, rest your anger, stop your anger, now is not the time to clean up this slave, we have to think about it in the long run." “

Wei Zhongxian was stunned when he heard this, yes, the guards of the imperial city have been replaced, and he blatantly goes to hold the prince hostage, so don't you look for death!

He took a breath, pointed at the thousand households and scolded: "Go outside for the Sprinkle family, and then come and clean you up after we are done." “

The thousand households hurriedly got up and retreated sharply, and the core figures of the eunuch party returned to the secret room, closed the door, and continued to discuss.

When Wei Zhongxian heard that his nephew had been arrested, he was in a hurry, and said directly to Zhou Yingqiu: "Yingqiu, how is this good, then Luo Yangxing is a mortal enemy with us." “

Zhou Yingqiu said gloomily: "I still have to make a fuss about the prince." “

Wei Zhongxian couldn't understand it anymore, and asked: "The guards of this imperial city have been changed, and if we go to hold the prince hostage, isn't that an excuse for Luo Yang to clean us up?" “

Zhou Yingqiu patiently explained: "It can't be done during the day, but it can be at night, the Jinyi guards must all exit the palace before the palace gate is closed, and then only the eunuchs and palace maids will be left in the Forbidden City. ”